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Being distinguished in a music business is not an easy matter. Hundreds of young people compete with each other to be noted by producers or club owners that can offer them a chance to sell their music to the wider audience and gain recognition. At this point, apart from extraordinary music, something else is needed. This something else is good technical support in your struggle for being recognized. And nothing does it better than a good website with a solid online playlists host that can present your music and protect it from copying. We are sure that this host that will help you accomplish your goals should be Cincopa.

First of all we do not expect you to be a talented computer programmer. Music presentation solutions offered by Cincopa are easy to use and do not require any specific knowledge. You just choose one of our cool skins, upload your music file and get a simple code to embed on your website. Speaking of skins, there are eight to choose from. Every music genre musicians will find something suiting for them.

To make it even more interesting Cincopa offers their users even more control over music website skins and allows CSS edition to customize music player layout even further. Your interactive players can include playlists, album covers or images to enhance the overall impression.

Cincopa offers you WordPress plugin to present your music with this amazing tool. Over 400 thousand downloads proves that many are happy with our software extending possibilities offered for WordPress.

This plugin allows you to access Cincopa account directly from WordPress administration panel. Adding a music player then is as easy as clicking a button on WordPress formatting toolbar.

Of course users of Joomla were not omitted and a similar plugin is offered by Cincopa. After extracting it to Joomla site a Cincopa button will appear at the bottom of editing window. There you will be able to create your music player to present your music in the best possible way.

Drupal based sites are also supported by Cincopa. After uploading file from Cincopa into modules folder a music player can be done with a single line of code generated by Cincopa application. This means that a player in Drupal can be created within minutes and without any specific programming knowledge. Your music related skins can be done by three most known website platforms without breaking a sweat.

In Cincopa with flexibility comes reliability. Apart from great and easy to use features, we are backed by a Content Delivery Network that assures reliable, fast delivery of your music files around the world. There is nothing worse than stuttering music file, especially if your musical skills are judged by your future employers or distributors. With Cincopa your file will be delivered in the best possible quality. You will have access to storage and traffic reports as well as access from any device, including newest mobile developments.

In modern world, filled with media, one of the most important aspects is standing out and keeping your listener undistracted. Using a popular video / music host may be extremely easy, but there comes a price with it. Your content may go unnoticed in the sea of other, similar music files, because even if user will encounter your file, by chance or by a redirecting link from your site, he may be tempted to try one of the other files proposed to him by your popular host. Your listener may also be distracted or even annoyed by advertisements.

With Cincopa you have much more control over what is shown to your listener. We are ads free and we do not redirect your listener to other files that are not yours. Moreover, you have complete control over the level of privacy of your music as well as the level of protection. You can make your music private and give access to it to the listeners of your choice or make it public. You will also have complete control over possibilities of downloading your content.

With Cincopa at your side, your only problem will be creating the best music that will enthrall your listeners and make your music career possible. Technical difficulties will be dealt by professional platform, leaving you with purely artistic challenges.

Just before the Christmas we received a brand new update of WordPress. The new incarnation labeled ad 4.1 brings a lot of changes, updates and new content. I’m going to underline a few new possibilities with WordPress 4.1 features here focusing mainly on those visible by the common users.

First change that strikes the user is a new default theme for WordPress named Twenty Fifteen. The theme adapts to screens of mobile phones, tablets and standard computers. It comes in six color schemes and looks neat. There is also a wide array of social icons that can be added to like and share your content.

Another feature that many users will take advantage from is a wide array of languages that WordPress 4.1 was translated into. At the moment it is 44 languages with more being on the schedule.

Developers are proud of their new function called “Distraction-free writing”. It basically fades all distractions (icons, editing tools etc.) when you start writing. Is it really that important and great feature? In my opinion that is more a problem of user’s easily distracted attention, not a problem that developers should really work on. User will still be distracted by other things that remain on his desk, by his surroundings etc. It’s not really a problem to be solved by a computer programmer but that is just my opinion.

On the other hand WordPress 4.1 changes include a very handy option that allows you to log out your profile from any other device that you previously used. This is very handy if you use a shared computer. This should become a standard in many other programs, especially social networking ones.

There are also numerous small fixes and changes with the new version. Site language may be now changed from the General Settings screen. The change makes it much easier to access. Another minor change that should be admired is spellchecking the title in the Edit Post screen.

One of the more useful changes that catches eye is inline image editing toolbar. This one will help aligning images in the post, without having to open them in media editor. Another useful function is a button on a user profile screen which clears other sessions. Another one in editing screen clears all sessions. Both are quite useful.

Another suggested solution is Plugin Recommendation. WordPress will recommend you plugins to try, based on the plugins installed by you and other users. At first sight it sounds a bit annoying, but the option does not pop up anywhere, it is hidden under “Plugins” > Recommended tab. Sounds useful.

Finally, when it comes to changes concerning users, the PSD documents (Photoshop) can now be uploaded. The change makes life of graphic designers much easier.

Last but not least WordPress 4.1 also carries numerous changes to the previous versions from 2010 to 2014. The change is major so the update will not start automatically; it has to be initiated by the user. Developer advises to make a backup of your site before making WordPress 4.1 actualization.

Having a hobby that deals with collecting cards, miniatures, coins, stamps or many other collectible objects is a great way of spending time, and in some cases, a good placing of funds. One of the aspects that collectors especially like is showing their collections to other collectors, potential buyers or just random spectators. With the ever growing possibilities of the Internet, exhibiting your precious collectibles becomes at one hand much easier, on the other competed by many other collections galleries. Whether you are a collector that just wants to show off your collection or a professional trader, living from buying and selling collectible items you certainly seek an easy and striking collectibles’ gallery. To respond to your needs Cincopa prepared a great solution that will surely fit your expectations.

It is no surprise that a simple image gallery should be a starting basis for anyone interested in presenting collection. Cincopa offers a solution that makes it as easy as possible, because we made our online solution in a way that takes technicalities away from our users and leave them only with choosing and uploading their content. All the photos will be automatically resized. Aside from choosing content, the user is left with picking one from over 40 skins for his gallery. The final step is generating a simple code that will be placed on your collectibles website. The code will be automatically changed every time you decide to add or modify your gallery of collectibles.

But how to present collectibles to stand out from many other galleries of this kind? After all you may be interested in selling your collectibles and outdoing any competition would be a part of your eBay collectibles presentation. Cincopa offers a video hosting solution that will leave your clients and spectators in love with your gallery. This way you can present videos of your valuable collectibles shown from all the sides or process of for example painting your miniatures or eye-catching shots of your collections that will draw attention of visitors. As in the case of images, Cincopa team aimed at making the process of creating a video gallery simple and time efficient. You just have to upload your content to the “cloud” drive in your Cincopa account, choose an appropriate skin that will tie your gallery of collectibles together and embed it into your website. All your media files will be automatically optimized for all browsers, screens and mobile devices and encoded in multiple resolutions for a perfect viewing experience. All of those features accessible without any particular programming knowledge required from our user.

By using our media hosting solution you are ensured that your content will not be lost among many YouTube videos, having instead an exclusive video channel for yourself, without users moving to a different creator. With Cincopa you can tag your videos and images with a watermarked logo and a business signature. Our video items are also provided with beneficial SEO features, to position your gallery in a well deserved place.

With Cincopa on your site your spectators and customers will gladly come back whenever you will upload new images or videos of your precious collection.

The video hosting market is not as monolithic as one would think. Apart from obvious choice that everyone knows about (Youtube) there are several other video hosting services worth attention, offering plethora of options to potential users.

When choosing a video hosting service, users should ask themselves one question; what do I expect from a hosting service? Do I want to just share my videos to a wider audience; semis formally to show my hobbies, interests and gather opinions about my content? Or do I want to make a presentation aimed at specific group, profession or strictly my business partners? Even though the most often used video hosting services are available instantly, they should not be the first pick when it comes to choosing business related presentations. Here are the most popular and worth your attention choices on the market:

An obvious one, the most popular and widely used hosting service in the world. Probably the most influential video hosting site, that gave shape to the modern outlook of the whole video sharing sector. It is a free to use platform that does not require registering to watch most of the content. If your aim is to get as many viewers as possible to watch your content, this might be the best choice. Still, the professionalism if this choice may be questionable. Advertisements and related video column may distract your viewers and lead them elsewhere. The service itself is littered with copied, unprofessional, or even explicit content. Another problem is that Youtube only supports 4 file formats and allows video to be just 10 minutes long. It seems like the amount of users that Youtube gained does not serve it well, because this hosting service forgot what it means to compete with others on the market and therefore lacks innovative, competitive solutions.

While not nearly as large as the most known hosting service, Vimeo consistently gains new users. It seems like Vimeo groups a much tighter body of users, concentrated mainly on sharing original content. The social aspect of commenting and sharing freely videos is preserved. There is no file length limit for your content, but a size limits instead, both for free and premium account 500mb and 5gb respectively.

Vimeo is a hosting site that supports over 15 video formats, what is a huge step towards good direction. But there are of course some drawbacks. Vimeo does not allow you to edit your content after the upload, compelling you to use other software for edition. It may be a good solution for posting your non businesslike content, when you do not care for crowds of users watching it.

A European answer to Youtube, Dailymotion service for video hosting offers some interesting small options not seen elsewhere. First and foremost this service allows video uploaders to make contests below their videos. This is a unique feature in contacting between uploaders and receivers. Moreover users can take part in contests with their videos and win prizes. Another interesting option from this video hosting provider is “Dailymotion Mass Uploader” that allows users to upload several videos simultaneously. The biggest drawback here is the size limit which is curbed at 150mb. The length is limited to 20 minutes.

This hosting service is on the market since 2006. Even though it may appear little, compared to the mentioned video hosting services, this company offers multitude of services and options that should not remain untold about. Cincopa offers a reliable hosting service with up to 400mb of storage and 200mb of bandwidth a month on a free account, with sizes increasing to 5gb and 7gb respectively on a premium account. What really makes this video upload service shine is the easiness of video hosting, with as much technicalities taken from the user as possible. Moreover a complete video tool solution is included, allowing working on the video material via Cincopa. Apart from videos, users can make photo galleries, music podcasts and embed videos to their websites. It looks like solution suited the most for professional and semi-professional use.

This video upload service is mostly known as an image sharing site. To surprise of many, Flickr also offers video sharing, though this is not the main aim of the site. Even though the size limit for the video is up to 1GB, the length is curbed at just 3 minutes for all kinds of accounts, making this service useful for short presentations of advertisements of quick tutorials only. The site does not offer many tools to work on the video content already on the site. It might be a good solution for those that treat video content as auxiliary for their other activities.

Another based in Europe video hosting solution. They started with managing videos for eBay and then expanded in 2012 to US, as well as widened their offer. Certainly, their cooperation with eBay made them a bit more famous, and the general positive reception of their work done on embedding videos in auction listings works well for the company. One of the advantages of Vzaar is that it supports various audio and video formats. They even support MacOs, a feature not commonly seen in offers of other companies. There are of course disadvantages. Their player lacks social sharing button. This is a more or less standard feature and takes away an important part of the video hosting idea.

Last but not least, a company based in US that stemmed from the idea to help filmmakers collaborate online. This video hosting service proposes some quite useful tools to analyze your content on the basis of frequency of visits, offering viewer heatmaps, and compatibility with Google Analytics tools. Another advantage of Wistia is that it offers a handful of useful tools to work on the visual content within the service and a new feature that can capture emails or names within the video. As for disadvantages, free program offers only very curbed features of Wistia. The cost also works as a disadvantage for this service.

Free video platforms are very handy and efficient for the general public; however, for commercial websites there are much better options in the form of premium video platforms. Those platforms not only assure secure and high quality video experience but can also enhance engagement and improve marketing strategies.
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ThemeForest is the largest virtual marketplace for website themes and page templates; at ThemeForest you will find thousands of HTML templates, themes for various CMS such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal, diverse plugins and even Facebook templates. It is a most vivid trade arena, where developers from all over the world offer new products on a daily basis.

The ThemeForest site is quite friendly and easy to navigate thanks to the many features and categories. The main problem with ThemeForest platform is that the great diversity and the huge selection in each category may turn to be a blessing in disguise, especially for the average user, who has no real knowledge in web designing field. Many of the buyers are ordinary people, with no coding skills that tend to rely merely on the visual impression and intuition. This type of clientele has no professional means that may help in distinguishing high quality theme from a poor quality theme. Continue Reading